The New Deal, Jim Crow and the Black Cabinet – w/ Jill Watts

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Opportunities created by the New Deal were often denied to African Americans. And that legacy of exclusion to jobs, loans and services can be seen today in federal programs and policies as well as systemic inequities in housing, education, health and the accumulation of wealth. Historian Jill Watts examines the complicated history of the New Deal, beginning with the growing political influence of Black voters in the 1930s, the election of FDR and the creation of the Black Cabinet.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Educators!</span> <a href= "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfuXWiVuj9_vNR0EBRXwfBlIJ7CpYwiwNTtDtrQWDxZB9nrdw/viewform?usp=pp_url&entry.1748617993=10:+The+New+Deal,+Jim+Crow+and+the+Black+Cabinet" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Get a professional development certificate</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">for listening to this episode—issued by Learning for Justice. Listen for the code word, then visit</span> <a href= "https://www.learningforjustice.org/podcasts/professional-development" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">tolerance.org/podcastpd</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And be sure to visit the</span> <a href= "https://www.learningforjustice.org/podcasts/teaching-hard-history/jim-crow-era/the-new-deal-jim-crow-and-the-black-cabinet" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">enhanced episode transcript</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">for additional classroom resources for teaching about the intersection of</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Black military service and American Jim Crow.</span></p> <p> </p>